* Christopher Columbus * Elizabeth I * William Shakespeare * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * Lord Nelson * Charles Darwin * Florence Nightingale * Abraham Lincoln * Anne Frank * Alexander the Great * Joan of Arc * Leonardo da Vinci * Isaac Newton * George Washington * Ludwig van Beethoven * Louis Pasteur * Marie Curie * Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi It is not given to everyone to change the world they live in - or have an effect on generations of people well after they have gone. It happens to only a few - these are the famous people in history. Here are the life stories of eighteen famous people who have left their mark upon the world. These men and women were important in their time and, even in our computer age, show what individuals, with ideals and energy, can achieve.